pendant

pendant is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Something which hangs or depends; something suspended; a hanging appendage, especially one of an ornamental character; as to a chandelier or an eardrop; also, an appendix or addition, as to a book. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Something which hangs or depends; something suspended; a hanging appendage, especially one of an ornamental character; as to a chandelier or an eardrop; also, an appendix or addition, as to a book.
2. noun. A hanging ornament on roofs, ceilings, etc., much used in the later styles of Gothic architecture, where it is of stone, and an important part of the construction. There are imitations in plaster and wood, which are mere decorative features.
3. noun. One of a pair; a counterpart; as, one vase is the pendant to the other vase.
4. noun. A pendulum.
5. noun. The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended.
6. noun. branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling

   Synonyms: chandelier, pendent

7. noun. an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring)

   Synonyms: pendent

8. adjective. held from above

   "a pendant bunch of grapes"

   Synonyms: dependent, pendent

Synonyms

chandelier, pendent, dependent

Common word forms

pendants, pendanted, pendantly, pendanting

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